Where can international buyers get quality 26650 cells at low price?

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I know some US vendors have some of the cells below, but buying cells from US is a hassle. Shipping quanity rules + local VAT/custom rules + shipping cost. The combination of those does not make it that attractive to buy from the US. I also think its a bit stupid to have cells shipped all the way from China to US, and then all the way to another place (like in Europe) when they could just come from China in the first place.

Btw, I really like RMM, and Illumn. Highly recommended stores, but not the best place to buy batteries for international buyers if you want a decent amount.

I know BG sells KP4500mAh 26650. I have bought a good amount of those.

But KP have 5200mah cells with similar performance at 3A or almost similar performance at 5A. HKJ review. Where can they be bought cheaply?

The green Sony 50A drain cells? HKJ review My previous source does not sell these.

KP IMR 3500mah? HKJ review I really want some of those cells.

Others cells?? I either want better performance than KK or better capacity.

On a sidenote, I would like to buy the EVVA NCR18650BD 3200mAh with protection circuit. I really want a good amount of those as well.

Intl-outdoor have a variant of them, but their battery prices have never been competitive.

Considering to contact a vendor or two if no one know of good sources for the batteries mentioned above.

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Banggood may be the cheapest.

Gearbest:

FT:
Soshine 26650 3.7V 4200mAh Protected
2 for $21.08
The famous TrustFire 26650 3.7V 5000mAh Rechargeable Li-ion Batteries 4000mAh actual capacity
2 for $16.46

Ebay:
The Keeppower IMR 5200 mAh
Australia only perhaps - 2 for $29.95

CNQG:
1 piece UltraFire IMR26650 4000MAH
1 for $8, or $7.60 “for registered users”.

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If you search ‘king kong’, FT has king kong ICR 26650s but they dont show up if you search on ‘26650’ for some reason.

MNKE IMR 35amp claimed.
http://www.fasttech.com/products/0/10008093/1716003-authentic-mnke-imr26650-3-7v-4000mah-rechargeable

And these EVVA 13amp claimed.
http://www.fasttech.com/products/0/10007591/1656500-evva-26650-3-7v-4500mah-rechargeable-protected-li

no idea if any are good, but I was bored enough to search for them.

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Regards Xandre

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Thanks for giving it a shot Suncaster.

I don't buy Trustfire or Ultrafire. Ill edit headline description from "good" to "quality". I know, some of their cells are not crap... but... Im not supporting those brands even if there is a chance of getting half decent cells.

The Soshine cells were my default high capacity protected cells about 6-12 months ago. I dont buy those anymore since KP 4500mAh cells are easily available. The KP have better performance in every possible way. You also risk some bad consistency with the Soshine 26650 that Im no fan of.

KP 5200 are only a good option for people in Australia.

Ejected Filament

Im looking for better than KK.

As far as I know, MNKE are not really that great anymore. More on level with KK? (Someone correct me if im wrong. Either way, not close to the best IMR3500 cells for high current, and not anywhere near 5000mah..).

The EVVA 26650 looks interesting. Thanks. Same cell as KP 4500 from BG? When that is said. Ive already got 8 of the KP 4500 so Im either looking for better performance at higher amps or better capacity).

Since FT have EVVA 26650, maybe then can get the EVVA NCR18650BD protected that I linked to in OP.

Xandre.

Nice. Might consider buying from them..

I know, Im really picky. I still welcome more option. :) Have not found sources for all cells in OP yet.